Empiricism and the Foundations of Psychology
(i) Whereas some psychopathologies (e.g. obsessive-compulsive disorder) corrupt the activity mediated by one’s psychological architecture, others (e.g. sociopathy) corrupt that architecture itself.
(ii) The basic tenets of psychoanalysis are coherent.
(iii) All propositional attitudes are beliefs.
(iv) Selves are minds that self-evaluate.
And:
(v) It is by giving our thoughts a perceptible form that we enable ourselves to evaluate them, and it is by expressing ourselves in language and art that we give our thoughts a perceptible form. (Series A)
Published online on 31 August 2012
Table of Contents
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Part I
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1. Introduction: Empiricism and scientism | pp. 3–47
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2. A dogmatic statement of the problems with empiricism | pp. 49–60
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3. Empiricism’s blindness to the non-spatiotemporal | pp. 61–87
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4. Wittgenstein on meaning: Part 1 – the picture-theory | pp. 89–104
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5. Wittgenstein on meaning: Part 2 – meaning as use | pp. 105–125
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6. Some consequences of the empiricism-driven conflation of analytic with introspective knowledge | pp. 127–140
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7. Subpersonal mentation | pp. 141–152
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8. Empiricist conceptions of causation and explanation | pp. 153–241
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9. Skepticism about induction and about perception | pp. 243–250
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Part II
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10. Emotion as belief | pp. 253–272
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11. Desires, intentions, and values | pp. 273–285
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12. Actions vs. reactions, desires vs. urges | pp. 287–294
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13. Moral and aesthetic nihilism as embodiments of false theories of rationality and selfhood | pp. 295–318
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14. The cognitive and characterological consequences of linguistic competence | pp. 319–339
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15. Rationality and internal conflict | pp. 341–414
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16. Sociopathy, psychopathy, and criminality | pp. 415–462
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Index | pp. 473–477
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